Comments on: Iraqis Say Better Off Than Before War

By: Yankeemom

Yankeemom — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:13:09 +0000

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Blue Crab Boulevard » Iraqis Glad Saddam Gone — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 02:21:25 +0000

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Poll on Conditions on Iraq « DC Direct — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 01:44:24 +0000

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By: Who Knows More About Iraq? The Iraqi’s or the Americans? at Conservative Times--Republican GOP news source.

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 20:24:07 +0000

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By: Wake up America

Wake up America — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 19:53:30 +0000

Who Knows More About Iraq?...

They speak from experience and we speak from what we see and hear on the news....

By: Shakesville

Shakesville — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 18:38:23 +0000

Four Years Later, the Spin Continues...

A new set of poll results published in The Times of London, and conducted by the UK-based Opinion Research Business, is getting a lot of blogger attention today. The Times (a Rupert Murdoch publication, as Richard at All Spin Zone points out) has two s...

By: Flopping Aces

Flopping Aces — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 18:17:49 +0000

Iraqi Optimism & The Media's Bias...

So there was a poll recently taken in Iraq and the numbers are not surprising. DESPITE sectarian slaughter, ethnic cleansing and suicide bombs, an opinion poll conducted on the eve of the fourth anniversary of the US-led invasion of Iraq......

By: jpe

jpe — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 16:40:31 +0000

The captain notes that a majority of Sunnis prefer a centralized state. Interesting.....

By: jpe

jpe — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 16:31:53 +0000

It makes sense that the Shiites would want a unified state; they can control it. I couldn't find the detail on what percentage of Sunnis, who will get the short end of the stick and accordingly drive much of the insurgency, favor the same.

By: James Joyner

James Joyner — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 15:30:47 +0000

This makes me wonder what the operative definition of “get better” is. A freer hand to ethnically cleanse Baghdad, perhaps?

Quite possibly.

Indeed, subjective views are going to be skewed by competing interests in a multi-ethnic state. Interestingly, though, there seems to be a strong consensus that a unified state is desirable.

By: Dave Schuler

Dave Schuler — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 15:23:36 +0000

It's worth mentioning that, according to the poll, a narrow majority of Iraqis believes that things would get better if the MNF were to leave immediately. When this particular finding is examined a little more closely, the figures are somewhat skewed by the believe of large numbers of Shi'a Iraqis that things would get better if the MNF were to withdraw. This makes me wonder what the operative definition of “get better” is. A freer hand to ethnically cleanse Baghdad, perhaps?

By: Bithead

Bithead — Sun, 18 Mar 2007 15:14:05 +0000

That I didn't notice, One point that I didn't notice mentioned in your article, was that the vast majority of Iraqis do not believe they are broiled in a civil war.

As my friend David says, it seems reasonable they're not getting their news from CNN. As to the number of Iraqis who have up and left the country, it seems reasonable to assume that a goodly majority of these, were Baathists, which the country is better off without.